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Mr Panda,
in your opinion, how would indoor soccer shoes perform on the badminton court? I am currently using some Nike ones that have great grip and are light but I have severely twisted my ankle once using them and really want to avoid having that happen again. I have never used real badminton shoes and so do not know from personal experience whether they would be much better in that regard. I was hoping you or maybe someone else could answer that question.

Mr Panda,
in your opinion, how would indoor soccer shoes perform on the badminton court?

Indoor soccer shoes (ISS) are marginal relative to badminton shoes. ISS do not have adequate stability nor support for badminton.

However, there are at times exceptions to the rule (surprise!). If you have excellent footwork, any shoe can be used. I play with/against a person named "Super Underhand" and he's a soccer lover; he used to wear ISS to play badminton. His footwork is effortless and he had absolutely no problems transitioning with ISS.

I asked Super Underhand to compare ISS vs. badminton shoes and he said badminton shoes were much better than his ISS for...badminton.

Is it a badminton specific shoe? Or close to it, volleyball, squash, racketball, court training? If not and does not have decent support as well as stability, I'd recommend getting a badminton specific shoe because no insole will help you that significantly if the shoe (foundation) is not proper.

I finally bought SF Blue for my SHB100MX and the combo felt amazing. Best money I've spent in a while.

DinkAlot can we get an update on how the SF Blue are cutting into your SHB100MX?

I stopped wearing the MX and have been wearing the LTDs exclusviely for the last week or so. The Blue insole forefoot area is wearing thin. I estimate, there will be a hole in the forefoot area in another month or so.

Update: SHB 100-LTD coupled with SF Blue is the best shoe/insole combination I have ever tried for badminton. I think any manufacturer will be hard pressed to significantly improve on this. I feel the performance and comfort limit for a badminton shoe has been achieved; or at least darn close to it.